Editing 1561 (section)

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* [[Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood|Merchant Taylors' School]] is founded in the [[City of London]] by [[Thomas White (merchant)|Sir Thomas White]], Sir Richard Hilles, Emanuel Lucar, and [[Stephen Hales (died 1574)|Stephen Hales]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.merchanttaylors.co.uk/company/history.html |title=Timeline Of Merchant Taylors' Company |work=The Merchant Taylors' Company |access-date=5 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610120254/http://www.merchanttaylors.co.uk/company/history.html |archive-date=10 June 2007 |url-status = dead}}</ref>
* The first [[Calvinism|Calvinist]]s settle in England, after fleeing [[Flanders]].
* The Anglo-Genevan [[metrical psalter]] is published, including the ''[[Old 100th]]'', the version of the [[hymn]] ''All People That on Earth Do Dwell'' made from [[Psalm 100]], attributed to the probably-[[Scottish people|Scottish]] clergyman and biblical translator [[William Kethe]], exiled in [[Geneva]].<ref>{{cite web|title=All People That on Earth Do Dwell |work=The Cyber Hymnal |url=http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/a/l/l/allpeopl.htm |access-date=2012-06-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703024955/http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/a/l/l/allpeopl.htm |archive-date=July 3, 2011 }}</ref>
* [[Ruy López de Segura]] develops modern techniques of [[chess]] playing in Spain.
* [[William Baldwin (author)|William Baldwin]]'s ''[[Beware the Cat]]'' (written early [[1553]]), an early example of extended fiction (specifically [[horror fiction]]) in English, is published anonymously in [[London]]. This edition appears to have been suppressed, and no copies survive.<ref>{{cite book|editor=Ringler, William A.|editor2=Flachmann, Michael|chapter=Preface|title=Beware the Cat|location=San Marino, CA|publisher=[[Huntington Library]]|year=1988}}</ref>
* Between 1561 and [[1670]], 3,229 alleged witches are executed in southwestern [[Holy Roman Empire|Germany]], most by burning.</onlyinclude>